Lowry, L.S. - Coming Out of School - postcard with tie-in stamp FDI 1967

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• Picture / Image:  LS Lowry - Coming Out of School, 1927
• Publisher:  Tate Gallery
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  1967 Paintings commemorative Lowry 1/6
• Postmark(s):  First Day of Issue Eastbourne 10 July 1967
• Sent to:  n/a (pencilled, unclear)
• Notes / condition:  slightly bumped corners

Art postcard no. A479

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Laurence Stephen ""L.S."" Lowry (1 November 1887 – 23 February 1976) was an English artist born in Stretford, Lancashire. Many of his drawings and paintings depict Pendlebury, where he lived and worked for more than 40 years and also Salford and its surrounding areas.

Lowry is famous for painting scenes of life in the industrial districts of North West England in the mid-20th century. He developed a distinctive style of painting and is best known for his urban landscapes peopled with human figures often referred to as ""matchstick men"". He painted mysterious unpopulated landscapes, brooding portraits and the unpublished ""marionette"" works, which were only found after his death.

Due to his use of stylised figures and the lack of weather effects in many of his landscapes he is sometimes characterised as a naïve^[1] ""Sunday painter"", although this is not the position of the galleries that have organised retrospectives of his works.^[2][3][4][5]

A large collection of Lowry's work is on permanent public display in the Lowry, a purpose-built art gallery on Salford Quays named after him. Lowry rejected five honours during his life – including a knighthood in 1968 and consequently holds the record for the most rejected British honours.^[6] On 26 June 2013 a major retrospective opened at the Tate Britain in London, his first at the Tate, and in 2014 his first solo exhibition outside the UK was held in Nanjing, China. ^[7]

Lowry's work is held in many public and private collections. The largest collection is held by Salford City Council and displayed at The Lowry. Its collection has about 400 works.^[38] X-ray analyses have revealed hidden figures under his drawings – the ""Ann"" figures. Going to the Match is owned by the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) and is temporarily on display at the National Football Museum.^{[citation needed]}

The Tate Gallery in London owns 23 works. The City of Southampton owns The Floating Bridge, The Canal Bridge and An Industrial Town. His work is featured at MOMA, in New York. The Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu in Christchurch, New Zealand has Factory at Widnes (1956) in its collection. The painting was one of the gallery’s most important acquisitions of the 1950s and remains the highlight of its collection of modern British art.^[39]

During his life Lowry made about 1,000 paintings and over 8,000 drawings. The lists here are some of those that are considered to be particularly significant.

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